#Venture Capital

Lucra Sports CEO Dylan Robbins landed Cathie Wood's ARK Invest as a Series B lead without building AI. The story behind his unconventional fundraising playbook.

SolarSquare is raising $55-60M at a $450-500M valuation, more than doubling its worth in 18 months. Here's what's driving investor conviction in India's residential solar market.

Indian venture capital has quietly displaced Silicon Valley in its own backyard. Only one American VC made India's top 10 investor list last year. Here's why that matters beyond India.

Cerebras Systems IPO yields a $5.3 billion return for Benchmark. Explore the 8.5-year journey from a reluctant first meeting to challenging Nvidia's AI dominance.

Moonshot AI raised $2B at a $20B valuation. Its Kimi models rank second on OpenRouter. What China's open-weight AI surge means for the global LLM market.

Anthropic is closing what may be its final private fundraise at a $900B valuation, surpassing OpenAI. Investors have 48 hours to commit to the ~$50B round.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer publicly admitted losing $60 million to green fintech startup Aspiration Partners, whose founder pleaded guilty to wire fraud. What the case reveals about ESG investing and Silicon Valley's culture of founder mythology.

VCs are handing millions to 18-year-olds before they have a single idea. Inside Stanford's shadow ecosystem—where innovation and fraud grow side by side.

OpenAI's $852B valuation is drawing skepticism from its own backers as Anthropic's ARR tripled in three months. The secondary market is already voting with its feet.

SXSW turns 40 and reinvents itself with new badges, decentralized venues, and a reservation system. But who's actually getting value — and who's getting left out?

Reflection AI is targeting a $25 billion valuation with Nvidia's backing. What does this tell us about AI's power dynamics, investment logic, and who actually profits?

Gimlet Labs just raised $80M to build software that splits AI workloads across every chip type simultaneously. The pitch: 10x efficiency without buying new hardware.